All Chapters of Side Chick Era… Over: Chapter 2521 - Chapter 2530

Those two Ferrero relatives were nowhere near a match for Thomas. If he hadn't gone missing for half a year, giving them room to breathe and find an opening, the head-of-family seat would have already been his for the taking.Once they'd finished discussing the Ferrero family matters, Liam hesitated, then asked, "Since you let Miss McKinzie find out you'd been wronged, why not have Meredith point the finger straight at Julliard?"Thomas leaned back lazily against the sofa. "Julliard's methods might be mediocre, but he's careful. He changes the number he uses to contact Meredith every time, and he always uses a voice changer when he talks to her — precisely so that if she ever gets exposed, she can't drag him down with her. "Everything Meredith did to frame me, she did on her own; Julliard only gave advice, never any real help. He's already covered himself. If Meredith accused Julliard without any solid proof, it would only hurt her own credibility — Sharon would just assume she was

Julliard had been hospitalized before too, from saving Sharon — but aside from visiting him often, she'd never once stayed to actually take care of him. In all the time he'd known her, he'd never seen her personally nurse anyone like this.Julliard's handsome face nearly twisted out of his control.Hearing the commotion, Sharon turned toward the door."Julliard?" She looked a little surprised. "What are you doing here?"Julliard drew a quiet breath, forcing his emotions steady. He managed a faint smile. "I heard Thomas was hospitalized, so I came to check on him — and to get my arm looked at again while I'm at it."He was deliberately reminding Sharon that his arm still hadn't healed from saving them.Sharon glanced at his arm. "It's been this long, and your arm still hasn't healed?" She thought it over. "Should I bring in a specialist to take a look? It'd be a shame if it scarred."A flicker of satisfaction rose in Julliard, seeing Sharon's attention finally shift back to him.

Sharon held on for a while, but eventually couldn't fight it anymore, and drifted off to sleep slumped against the edge of the bed.Not long after she'd fallen asleep, Thomas — who had been lying there with his eyes closed — slowly opened them.Seeing Sharon asleep at his bedside, a faint trace of confusion crossed his eyes.The reason he'd turned Meredith's scheme against her had been simple enough — he'd sensed Sharon's guard was still up around him. As long as she stayed wary of him, she'd never devote herself fully to his treatment. She'd kept every promise she'd made him so far, sure, but the moment something more important came up, his treatment would likely get pushed aside. And Julliard — willing to rig a car's brakes and stage an explosion just to win Sharon's favor — was clearly reckless enough to be dangerous. If Julliard could use Meredith to frame him once, there would surely be even nastier tricks down the line to drive him away. Better, then, to settle the matter

Before she'd taken cooking seriously, Sharon hadn't lifted a finger in a kitchen — she'd had no idea there was so much involved in picking out vegetables. She'd always assumed cooking was simple. It wasn't until she'd actually studied it that she learned how much freshness, which part of a vegetable you used, and even the order you added seasonings all affected a dish's color and flavor. Becoming a decent cook wasn't any easier than becoming a violinist.Once at the supermarket, remembering Thomas's empty fridge, Sharon picked out some milk, yogurt, canned goods, and other things that would keep well.At the fruit section, she asked Thomas, "What kind of fruit do you usually like? I'll pick some out for you.""Sorry, I don't remember," Thomas said. "You can just recommend whatever you like."Sharon paused for a moment, then chose some fruits high in vitamin C — good for his recovery while he was still sick.Once she'd finished with the fruit, she moved on to the vegetable sect

Sharon walked over to Thomas. He hadn't had treatment recently, and it looked like the insomnia had crept back in.Still, the food was ready, and it wouldn't taste as good once it went cold.Just as Sharon was debating whether to wake him, the man dozing against the sofa seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.His eyes were sharp as a blade, glinting with a cold, distant light, his whole presence suddenly commanding and dangerous.The moment their eyes met, Sharon's breath caught, and she instinctively stepped back.In her mind, Thomas had always been sunny, easygoing, harmless. She'd never seen this version of him before — like death itself lurking in the shadows, capable of taking a life with the barest lift of a hand.Once he registered who it was, Thomas's long lashes lowered, the intensity around him slowly receding, his gaze no longer so razor-sharp — as if what she'd just seen had only been her imagination."Something wrong?" he asked."Dinner's ready," Sha